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WILLIAM H. HAWKINS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 71,613, dated December 3. 1867. V

IMPROVED ELASTIG CARRIAGE-CURTAIN KNOB.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAWKINS, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, 7

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elastic Button-Holes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same,'ref,erence being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- 'Figure 1 is a View of the hole when attached ,to the curtain Figure 2 is a. detached view of the button-hole;

Figure 3, a viewof the opposite side of fig. 2.

Figure 4, aivfiew of the edge,

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the-views.

- This button-hole consists oftwo metallic plates, B, fig. 2, and which are connected to each other by elastic cords, 0, one on each side of the hole D, or the cord may be continued around the hole, or the plates may be attached to a rubber disk. These cords are made to pass through or thread the plates, as shown in fig. 4. Each end of the cord is then strongly and neatly secured, and thereby preven'ted'from being pulled out, by

having each-end placed under the web E formed on the plate, and then clinched tightly down upon it, as shown in fig. 4, rendering ittherehy permanently fixed, so that it cannot be detached by any ordinary strain exerted upon the fastening; By thus connecting :the two plates with the elastic cord in the above manner, it will be obvious that the eye or hole may be distended so as to allow the passage of the head of the button, which, .on

being passed through-the hole, will immediately close tightly around the neck of the same, thereby holding it secure against all ordinary strain. This button is attached to the curtain G, as followst It is introduced between the curtain and lining. For greater. security to the lining, a piece of leather is placed between it and the button, thereby keeping the lining from contact with the metal. On being thus placedbetween the two,',the sharp-pointed arms or prongs F, formed on the corners of the plate A, and which is the lower or bottom side of the hole, are thrust through the curtain and then doubled and tightly clinched downquponit, thus making a cheap, neat, and permanent fastening of the button to thecurtain. In order to prevent the japan-plating of the head of the button from becoming injured by abrading on the metal of the button-hole, also to give addi tionll strength to the lining by which it is covered, the lower half of the hole is lined with leather, on which the head of the button slips into the eye without becoming in the least injured by the metal.

This button-hole is neat,-simple, and certain, and being entirely protected by the curtain, cannot be afl'ected by the weather, and become thereby diflicult to use and uncertain in its purpose.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isr The adjustable plates A B, and rubber springs G, or their equivalents, as arranged in-combination with the curtain G, for the purpose and in the manner set forth.

WILLIAM H. HAWKINS.

Witnesses:

J. H. Bunmn'en, I. Homes. 

